Hoops

Boti on his Overtime appearance

I think both sides had a point, Boti is right the 36ers have been disappointing and Clarke has not fully adjusted, but also stating he is a great teacher at trainings just not great at match days, but Gaze and Heal were also right in saying give him time he will be good.

Clarke has done a few good things, he apparantly is very hard working (people bagged Smyth and Ninnis for being lazy) and i like the signings of Creek, Johnson (the 2 best u/24s in the NBL) and Bruce and think that gives us 3 good young players to build around, while adding a couple of extra AIS/Boomer guys who Clarke should have connections with, please Gibson and Schenscher, that to me plus 2 imports and/or a Newley/Barlow type gives us a good foundation to build on, which is what everyone bagged Smyth and Ninnis for doing not having a good enough core of young guys, we are starting to get that now, we just have to be a little patient unfortunatly.

old baller ?

"Boti ask around how many players interstate wont play here because they dont want to deal with your BS"

While I don't always think much of Boti - I find this assertion to be one of the most absolutely inane comments I have ever read. It is just such patent drivel that I can totally understand anyone wanting to simply IMMEDIATELY agree with whoever asked this question, just so that they could get away and do something useful with their time, instead of wasting it listing to some crackpot with a (lonely) bee in their bonnet - sort of like those dero's you meet in the street - you don't want to be rude in case they go schitzo on you, but you have absolutely no intention of staying around talking to them - just smile, nod your head, agree profusely and above all - keep walking

Boti is a jounalist. Carfino, Gaze and Heal are not. I remember the half time interview with McPeak after he sacked Westover. Leading up to it Carfino and Gaze were sprouting about hard hitting questions etc. When the time came both turned to water. Weakest interview ever. McPeak intimidated both of them. Until we get professional journalists like Boti asking questions at half time of a game on free to air television nothing will change and the NBL will continue as a national afterthought.

I'm not a Carfino fan at all so I haven't seen much of Overtime (I've said before I've never hearda genuine accent which seems so contrived - it's almost as bad as 'the outrageous French Uhccent' in Monty Python's Holy Grail). But I did want to see what Boti had to say and recorded the segment.

I blamed the almost still-born segment with Joey on the tensions between Shane and Joey and Joey being wary of walking into a set-up.

But then I was shocked by the feeble attempts to defend Marty by the panel - and I think there are many worthwhile arguments to refute Boti's stance that this season has been a failure.

An interesting article and one unlikely to generate a return invite but I suspect that may have been part of the motivation.

Boti's not wrong in stating the facts but I do think he is being selective in his use of the facts. Yes, the record will be worse than last year's but Ninnis was in year 2 and demonstrably going backwards whereas Marty has shown glimpses, has brought along some players and (possibly) positioned the club in terms of culture and attitude for future success. He deserves at least another year to prove his worth - after all, who would have given Moose another half-season at 1-14 this year?

Finally, Boti lost me at the end when he lauded the work done by Ken Cole, a master salesman if ever there was one. Sure, he generates interest, but he was easily the worst coach (at that level) I ever witnessed up close and personal, he ran the Newcastle Falcons into the ground to the point where their subsequent failure was inevitable (in a much more tangible way than Goorjian's accusers could ever establish) and if memory serves me correctly (I'm sure the 36ers fans will tell me when it doesn't) staked his claim to fame largely on a single, overwhelmingly succesful season with the league's first 'merged' team.

Boti watched it back and seen how much of a tool he is.
As if he didnt know what they might ask him about, did he think he might be there to talk about the Cricket give me a break.
My Grandfather told me many times, if you are happy that you know what is right and wrong there is no need to defend your actions.
Boti Ego how big is it?
Maybe Clark needs to do more of this shit, you guys lap it up.
Dont let the truth get in the way of a good story Boti!!

Interesting perspective. I must admit, Overtime comes off as a rambling 'make it up as you go' mish-mash on occassion.

This article does nothing to disprove that.

Surely they can find more inciteful and bettwer prepared hoop-heads?